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AUTOMOBhn LIiGNAL.

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1 ,305,369. Patented June 3, 1919.

INVENTOR ABRAHAM JOFFRION, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

AUTOMOBILE-SIGNAL Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 3, 1919.

f Application filed November 911918. Serial No. 261,866.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABRAHAM, Jorrnrorr, acitizen of the United States, residing at Los- Angeles, in the county ofLos Angeles and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Automobile- Signals, of which the following is aspecificat-ion.

' My invention relates to an automobile signal for indicating the sideto which a turn is to be made.

The object/of my invention is to provide a simple, convenient andinexpensive turning signal adapted for attachment to any form ofautomobile.

With this. and other objects in view my invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereim afterdescribed and claimed.

In "the accompanying drawings which form a part of tlns specification,

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view in perspective of an automobile equippedwith a si aling device embodying the. principles 0 my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in side eleva tion of the signaling deviceshown in l i g. 1.

Fi 3 is a rear view in elevation of the signa ing device shown in Fig.2, parts be ing broken away to disclose the construction.

As indicated by the reference numerals, 10 is an automobile having adash 11 and a steering column 12 equipped with a steering wheel 13. Thegeneral arrangement of these parts may be in accordance with any of theautomobiles now in use.

The signal proper consists of a standard, preferably formed of band ironbent to orm a curved upper end 14, and two paral- 15 and 16 terminatingin right angled In or flanges 17 and 1.3 adapted to fasten t e standardto the running board 18'. The bend 14 is made wide enough to allow aconvenient s ace 19 between the two legs 15 and 16 oi the standard. Nearthe upper end of the standard thus formed is a transverse pivot shaft 20lel vertical legs having its ends fixed in legs 15 and 16. A"

signal arm 21 is mounted on this shaft in such a way that the ivot shaftest'eflds through one end of t e arm leaving the other end free to swingvertically about it through a quarter of a circle. An extension 22 isformed on the signal arm which serves as a crank arm, as will presentlyappear. The outer end of the signal arm is tapered to a point 23. A coilspring 24 surrounding the pivot shaft 20 is fixed between the signal arm21 and standard leg 15, one of its ends being attached to the standardleg and the other end to the signal arm. The spring has a windingtension which opcrates to hold the arm in a horizontal position asillustrated in the drawings.

A connecting rod 25 having its upper end pivotally attached toextension-22 of the signal arm has its lower end pivotaliy connected tothe upper end of a link 26, the lower end of this link is pivotallyattached to a lug 27 formed on the upper end of a tubular dguideway 28which-is fixed to the inner si e of leg 16 of the standard. The lowerend of this tubular guideway is provided with a small pulley 29. Asecond pulley 30 is pivoted in the opposite standard leg 15 in line withpulley 29. A third pulley 31 is mounted on the dash some distance abovepulley 30 and a ring 32 is fixed to the inner side of the standard leg16 slightly above the tubular guideway 28. A pair of rings or collars 33and 34 are clamped around the steering column 12. The lower collar 33 isequipped with an apertured lug 35, and the upper collar 34 with a. hook36. A cord. 37, having one end attached to the to gle joint 38 formed bythe connecting MK? 25 and the link 26, is passed through the ring 32downwardly through the tubular guideway 28 under pulleys 29 and 30through pulley 31 and finally through the aperture in lug 35. A ring 39is attached to the end of the cord, so that it stops against the upperside of log Operation: The operated position of the signal is shown inthe drawings. That is, when the cord 37 in its released position thespring 24 operates to throw the arm outwardly into a horizontalposition. The signal is brought into its concealed position by gras ingthe ring 39 pulling the cord upwar ly until the ring engages with theretaining hook 36. The pull on the cord over pulleys 31, 30 and 29, andthrough guideway 28 and ring 32 acting on the toggle joint 3 pulls theconnecting rod 25 and the link 26 into longitudinal alinement with eachother, thus forcing the extension arm 22 of the sigmal arm 21 upwardlyand turn ing the signal arm about the pivot shaft 20 until it assumes avertical position within the standard between legs 15 and 16, asindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. As is m'irlunt he biflilfll:H'Hl is, lifted by riimply llililbiHQ ring 25 from hwok 3U, wiu-rvupunspring .21 upomti-s in 2 it to its hm'iznn tn! po ;i!i0n.

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I claim:

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In testimony whvreuf I have signed my IIHEHL' to thisi specification.

A BR All AM JOFFRIOR

